After a disappointing debate in Texas on Thursday night, and two mailing ads sent by Obama's campaign criticizing her health care plan and failure of NAFTA, Hillary Clinton has adopted a harsh tone against her rival Barack Obama.
Perhaps her top advisor's criticized her for her friendly comments towards her rival, particularly when she said: "No matter what happens in this contest, and I am honored to be here with Barack Obama."
At that moment, I truly thought she was acknowledging that she has failed to stop Obama in the primaries and she will end the attack on Obama, his experience and his campaign. For the first time, a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket seemed possible.
But it does matter and, in fact as CNN pointed out in one of its news program, "there will be blood." My prediction simply didn't come true. Hillary's campaign was hoping that her strength in face-to-face debates would reverse Obama's momentum in the Democratic presidential contest. Not only it did not help, but it might have further damaged her after her slanderous comment that Obama's plagiarized words were not "change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox," which prompted booing from the audience.
On Saturday, she lashed out at Obama: "Shame on you, Barack Obama." She also invited Obama to a duel in the next Tuesday's debate: "Meet me in Ohio. Let's have a debate about your tactics and your behavior in this campaign."
It appears the current Clinton campaign strategy is to target Obama's character to win in Texas and Ohio. To do this she also compares him with President Bush. "Do you think people voting in 2000 knew what they were getting?" she said, referring to Bush's first-term bid for the presidency as a governor of Texas. "People thought they were getting a compassionate conservative. It turned out he was neither. We've been living with the consequences of those mistakes."
She accused Obama of questioning her health care plan, which no other Democrat had done before, and at the same time compared him with an unpopular Republican president, something which no other candidate has done.
Clinton's do-or-die strategy and attacks on Obama are very unlikely to succeed. She has been going downhill since the New Hampshire primaries, and the same message week after week is failing to bring her new supporter. Pressure to keep her White House hopes alive by winning the Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4th has pushed her campaign to attack Obama rather than redrafting her message to bring new ideas to the race, and attempt to change the course.
The truth is that Obama and Clinton's policies are not very different for ordinary people, whom are not likely to digest the detail policy sheets of each candidate. Therefore, fighting with Obama's message of hope and change is an uphill battle for Clinton particularly since thousands of people have found their voice in Obama; Clinton's effort to discredit Obama's message will only deepen the divide and polarize the Democratic party further, and possibly help Republicans in the general elections.
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She's saying far less than what we see daily about the movement.
Now every one is in an uproar because she compared Barack to George Bush. But he and his supporters here on HuffnPuff have been doing that since the beginning of the race.
Hypocrisy is not a good trait. If both are hypocrites, then you can't get by with using that smear on your opponent.
Keep it up. It looks like you'll get the nom, then become the 2008 version of Kerry.
Just who is it that doesn't get it?
I WILL VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS PICK.
Beware the provocateurs, both covert rethug and deranged dem. You can tell, because they threaten to vote for Brain Dead McCain or Neverland Nader.
Part of my challenges of the Obama's has also been their Blatant play to Race and skin color... BLACK is not a Race! Black is about Beliefs, Behaviors, etc, yes... Race, NO! The Obama's ran Ads saying there is One America... Then Blatantly appeal to Black America, Black People, Black Voters, etc... And, imply all Black People should wake up and Vote for the First Black President, and imply White's would be racist to not vote for a Black man... They have played the Race Card against the Country and the Clinton's... I am offended by the Obama's Racist behavior and the Democrats tolerating this offensive, blatant, Behavior... Being "BLACK" is about accepting Beliefs and Behaviors, not about black skin tones...
G W Bush has manipulated the Voters (and Congress) with Fear... Now, the Obama's manipulate Voters with Racism and fear... I have no intent to trade one manipulator in for another... Will the First Black President continue to manipulate Voters (and Congress) also??? Tread softly , or I will play the Race Card against you, like I did the Clinton's, so to speak???
We're supposed to HOPE Democrats will bring change? REALLY??? So, more Democrats support two Americas, based on their votes? And Racism is OK with the DNC, as long as it Wins the Election???
LarBear you are completely off the deep end.
A truly DLC modis-operandi
The Hill and Bill Tag Team will take it allll the way to the convention.
They are willing to win the battle to lose the war. It is THAT simple..."Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"
Okay,then.
And as nasty and vile the Clintons are,the Repukes haven't even started yet.
In truth Hillary Clinton is the Democrat most like George Bush. She, rather than Obama, is the one who will share Bush's war legacy with her shameful vote to put a loaded gun in his hand. And just like George Bush, she still refuses to admit that her decision making was flawed. He blames bad intelligence. She blames a bad president. America has had enough of this kind of "experienced leader." It truly is time for change. I am left to "hope" that Obama can deliver because I already know that Clinton is more of the same.
"Here is a list of the super delegates who support Senator Clinton.. Write them and tell them to reprimand her campaign..
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html
Here is the DNC
Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003
Main Phone Number:
202-863-8000
877-336-7200
Contact Howard Dean
http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman
Flood the lines tell them enough is enough"
(Sorry I don't have the name of the poster, but whoever you are, thank you! I emailed Howard Dean and plan to call as well.)